http://ghostridethenews.com/2008/07/30/critical-mass-is-weird/ A News Blog For Highly Opinionated Cyclists Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:58:16 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://ghostridethenews.com/2008/07/30/critical-mass-is-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-12 admin Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:53:23 +0000 http://ghostridethenews.com/?p=10#comment-12 Thanks Esra! I tend to get a little cynical and I appreciate your comment, because a 300-bike parade really should make anybody happy. Thanks Esra! I tend to get a little cynical and I appreciate your comment, because a 300-bike parade really should make anybody happy.

]]> http://ghostridethenews.com/2008/07/30/critical-mass-is-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-11 esra Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:39:02 +0000 http://ghostridethenews.com/?p=10#comment-11 I agree with you about the news coverage, and that’s the reason I only interviewed with Real Change, although there are couple of points you are missing; I am very close to the guy who got arrested for slashing the drivers tires and I know for a fact that he is not a “hoodlum” and his only intention was to stop the driver (because he was driving towards the end of Critical Mass and was trying to flee from the scene) None of the people who got arrested actually assaulted the driver or damaged his car (other than the tires) I have been riding Critical Mass for couple of years now, and I have never owned a track bike. I do have a commute at least 15 miles a day just to get to work, and additional miles depending on what I do that day… I grew up in Istanbul where there are over 13 million people and where biking is almost a suicide, and seeing 300 bikers going through as a huge parade makes me happy. I agree with you about the news coverage, and that’s the reason I only interviewed with Real Change, although there are couple of points you are missing; I am very close to the guy who got arrested for slashing the drivers tires and I know for a fact that he is not a “hoodlum” and his only intention was to stop the driver (because he was driving towards the end of Critical Mass and was trying to flee from the scene) None of the people who got arrested actually assaulted the driver or damaged his car (other than the tires)
I have been riding Critical Mass for couple of years now, and I have never owned a track bike. I do have a commute at least 15 miles a day just to get to work, and additional miles depending on what I do that day… I grew up in Istanbul where there are over 13 million people and where biking is almost a suicide, and seeing 300 bikers going through as a huge parade makes me happy.

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